Mary Morris
Biography
Mary Morris was a British actress who was born in Fiji and brought up in Britain. She made her stage debut in Lysistrata at the Gate Theatre in London in 1936. Her film work included appearing with Leslie Howard in Pimpernel Smith (1941) and as Anna Petrovitch in the Ealing war film Undercover (1943). On television she was Professor Madeleine Dawnay in A for Andromeda and The Andromeda Breakthrough, Queen Margaret in An Age of Kings, and Cleopatra in The Spread of the Eagle in 1963. She also played Number Two in an episode of The Prisoner. After a long absence, she returned in Ballet Shoes (1975) and Full Circle (1977), later appearing in Doctor Who and in a Campion adaptation. She died in 1988.
72years old at death
- Born Lautoka
- Died Aigle
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Mary Lilian Agnes Morris
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 39 years1939 to 1978
Every film, newest first
- 1978Richard IIIMDb rating 8.0
- 1977Full CircleIMDb rating 6.2
- 1941"Pimpernel" SmithIMDb rating 7.2
- 1940The Thief of BagdadIMDb rating 7.4
- 1939The Spy in BlackIMDb rating 6.9
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Early training
Mary Morris trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before making her stage debut in Lysistrata at the Gate Theatre, London in 1936.
Beyond film
Morris took the part of Elizabeth I for a 'Makers of History' LP record, which used the queen's spoken and written words along with contemporary music and came out on EMI in 1964.
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Michael Powell directed two of these films. Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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